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William Thomas LEWIS

Regimental number1386
Place of birthSouth Wales
SchoolResolven Council School, South Wales
Age on arrival in Australia27
ReligionChurch of England
OccupationMiner
Marital statusSingle
Age at embarkation28
Next of kinFather, Lewis, Lewis, Frondeg House, Rosolven, North Heath, Wales, Eng
Previous military serviceServed in the Volunteer Force.
Enlistment date13 November 1914
Rank on enlistmentPrivate
Unit name3rd Battalion, 2nd Reinforcement
AWM Embarkation Roll number23/20/2
Embarkation detailsUnit embarked from Sydney, New South Wales, on board HMAT A48 Seang Bee on 11 February 1915
Rank from Nominal RollPrivate
Unit from Nominal Roll3rd Battalion
FateKilled in Action 4 October 1917
Place of death or woundingYpres, Belgium
Age at death30.7
Place of burialButtes New British Cemetery (Plot XXVI, row D, Grave No. 2), Polygon Wood, Zonnebeke, Belgium
Panel number, Roll of Honour,
  Australian War Memorial
37
Miscellaneous information from
  cemetery records
Parents: Lewis and Mary LEWIS, Frondeg House, Resolven, South Wales

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